Biological Therapy in Treating Patients at High-Risk or With Lymphoma, Lymphoproliferative Disease, or Malignancies

EBV-associated Malignancies Clinical Trial

Official title:

An Evaluation of the Toxicity and Therapeutic Effects of Epstein-Barr Virus-Immune T-Lymphocytes Derived From a Normal HLA-Compatible or Haplotype-Matched Donor in the Treatment of EBV-Associated Lymphoproliferative Diseases or Malignancies and Patients With Detectable Circulating Levels of EBV DNA Who Are at High Risk for EBV-Associated Lymphoproliferative Diseases

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00002663
• Other study ID #: 95-024
• Secondary ID: P30CA008748MSKCC
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Start date: March 1995
• Est. completion date: July 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Atara Biotherapeutics
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this phase I/II trial is to study the side effects and best dose of biological therapy to treat patients at high-risk or with Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoma or lymphoproliferative disease.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: July 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pathologically documented EBV antigen positive lymphoproliferative disease, lymphoma, or other EBV-associated malignancy OR

• Severely immunocompromised patients who develop blood levels of EBV DNA exceeding 500 copies/ml DNA, and are therefore at high risk for developing an EBV LPD

It is expected that five types of patients afflicted with EBV-associated lymphomas or lymphoproliferative diseases will be referred and will consent to participate in this trial. These are:

1. Patients developing or at risk for EBV lymphomas or lymphoproliferative disorders following an allogeneic marrow transplant.

2. Patients developing or at risk for EBV lymphomas or lymphoproliferative disorders following an allogeneic organ transplant.

3. Patients with AIDS developing EBV lymphomas or lymphoproliferative diseases as a consequence of the profound acquired immunodeficiency induced by HIV.

4. Patients who develop EBV lymphomas or lymphoproliferative diseases as a consequence of profound immunodeficiencies associated with a congenital immune deficit or acquired as a sequela of anti-neoplastic or immunosuppressive therapy.

5. Patients who develop other EBV-associated malignancies without pre-existing immune deficiency, including: EBV+ Hodgkin's and Non- Hodgkin's disease, EBV+ nasopharyngeal carcinoma, EBV+ hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or EBV+ leiomyosarcoma.

Exclusion Criteria:

The following patients will be excluded from this study:

• Moribund patients who, by virtue of heart, kidney, liver, lung, or neurologic dysfunction not related to lymphoma, are unlikely to survive the 6-8 weeks required for in vitro generation and expansion of the EBV-specific T cells to be used for therapy and the subsequent 3 weeks required to achieve an initial assessment of the effects of infusions of EBV-specific T cells.

• Pregnancy does not constitute a contraindication to infusions of EBV-specific T cells.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• EBV-associated Malignancies
• EBV-induced Lymphomas
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoproliferative Disorders
• Neoplasms
• Transplant Patients With EBV Viremia at High Risk of Developing a Recurrent EBV Lymphoma
• Viremia

Intervention

Biological:
• Epstein-Barr virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (EBV-CTLs)
EBV-CTLs are cytotoxic T lymphocytes that specifically kill cells presenting EBV protein antigens including EBV-transformed B lymphocytes responsible for EBV-associated lymphomas and lymphoproliferative disorders.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	New York

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Atara Biotherapeutics	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Objective Response Rate (ORR)	The ORR is defined as percentage of participants with best overall response of complete remission/response (CR) or partial remission/response (PR) based on investigator's assessment. For participants with clinically and/or radiologically evident EBV LPD or malignancies, CR is complete resolution of all clinical and radiologic evidence of lymphoma, confirmed by biopsy of the affected tissues when indicated, lasting for at least 3 weeks following completion of a cycle of tabelecleucel; and PR is a 50 % or greater reduction in the size of all lymphomatous lesions as determined by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of tumor volume, which was maintained for at least 3 weeks following completion of a cycle of tabelecleucel. For participants without clinically and/or radiologically evident tumors with increasing levels of EBV DNA, CR is clearance of EBV without subsequent development of EBV+ LPD; and PR is at least a 10-fold decrease in EBV DNA levels.	From Day 1 through 251.1 months after Day 1 dose
Secondary	Overall Survival (OS)	The OS is defined as the time from the first dose of tabelecleucel or EBV-CTLs to the date of death due to any cause. The OS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.	From Day 1 through 251.1 months after Day 1 dose
Secondary	OS Rate at 12 Months	Percentage of participants with OS at 12 months are reported. The OS is defined as the time from the first dose of tabelecleucel or EBV-CTLs to the date of death due to any cause. The OS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.	From Day 1 through 12 months after Day 1 dose
Secondary	OS Follow-up Time	The OS at follow-up time are reported. The OS is defined as the time from the first dose of tabelecleucel or EBV-CTLs to the date of death due to any cause. The OS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.	From Day 1 through 251.1 months after Day 1 dose
Secondary	Time to Response (TTR)	The TTR was defined as the time from the date of the first dose of tabelecleucel or EBV-CTLs to the date of a PR or CR, whichever occurred first. For participants with clinically and/or radiologically evident EBV LPD or malignancies, CR was defined as complete resolution of all clinical and radiologic evidence of lymphoma, confirmed by biopsy of the affected tissues when indicated, lasting for at least 3 weeks following completion of a cycle of tabelecleucel or EBV-CTLs; and a PR was defined as a 50 % or greater reduction in the size of all lymphomatous lesions as determined by CT or MRI scan measurements of tumor volume, which was maintained for at least 3 weeks following completion of a cycle of tabelecleucel or EBV-CTLs. For participants without clinically and/or radiologically evident tumors with increasing levels of EBV DNA, CR was defined as clearance of EBV without subsequent development of EBV+ LPD; and PR was defined as at least a 10-fold decrease in EBV DNA levels.	From Day 1 through 251.1 months after Day 1 dose
Secondary	Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)	The CBR was the proportion of participants who have achieved a CR, PR or SD assessed at least 28 days after first dose date of study drug. For participants with clinically and/or radiologically evident EBV LPD or malignancies, CR as complete resolution of all clinical and radiologic evidence of lymphoma, confirmed by biopsy of affected tissues when indicated, lasting for at least 3 weeks following completion of a cycle of tabelecleucel or EBVCTLs; and a PR as a >= 50% reduction in size of all lymphomatous lesions as determined by CT or MRI scan measurements of tumor volume, maintained for at least 3 weeks following completion of a cycle of tabelecleucel or EBV-CTLs. For participants without clinically and/or radiologically evident tumors with increasing levels of EBV DNA, CR as clearance of EBV without subsequent development of EBV+ LPD; and PR as at least a 10-fold decrease in EBV DNA levels. The CBR was included specifically as clinically meaningful for solid tumor, namely LMS.	From Day 1 through 251.1 months after Day 1 dose